Burkina Faso’s military government under Ibrahim Traore is tightening state control over the country’s multi-billion-dollar ...

Dioulasso, Burkina Faso's economic capital, found himself suddenly confronted by the military-led country's culture minister ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. At 34, Ibrahim Traoré seized global attention by toppling Burkina ...

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ABUJA, Nigeria — As news emerged this week about hundreds of Burkina Faso citizens killed separately by both jihadi groups and government forces, images of Burkina Faso’s junta leader Capt. Ibrahim ...

Burkina Faso has moved to high alert as the fallout from Mali’s escalating conflict spreads across the Sahel. President Ibrahim Traoré has ordered heightened security in the capital, with elite units ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - As a heavily armed convoy drove through a cheering crowd in Burkina Faso's capital on Sunday morning, the boyish face of the country's latest military ruler, Captain Ibrahim Traore, ...

Burkina Faso is tightening its grip on its gold sector as the military-led government pushes ahead with reforms that have placed six of the country’s 15 industrial gold mines under majority Burkinabe ...

Russia bolstered its influence in the troubled Sahel region of West Africa with about 100 military personnel from the country ...

Yousra Elbagir, a journalist with British TV channel Sky News, has become the target of a smear campaign by supporters of Burkina Faso's junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré after she raised ...